Hey, both of the bikes I'm up against are excellent rides! I'd ride either of them with my head held high!

The main reason I threw my hat in the ring was so we had three very different styles to choose from. We have a bad to the bone stripped down hot rod, a sleek modern cruisin' ride, and a bit of a throwback.

Honestly, if you parked all three side by side and told me to pick one and you'd give me the keys, I'm not sure which one I'd pick!

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Philip
BOTM Winner, February 2010, December 2012, August 2014
Third Place BOTY 2012
Third Place BOTY 2014"Nadine", My 2001 Drifter 1500

Hey, both of the bikes I'm up against are excellent rides! I'd ride either of them with my head held high!

The main reason I threw my hat in the ring was so we had three very different styles to choose from. We have a bad to the bone stripped down hot rod, a sleek modern cruisin' ride, and a bit of a throwback.

Honestly, if you parked all three side by side and told me to pick one and you'd give me the keys, I'm not sure which one I'd pick!

if could afford a second 900 it would be done similar to that blue one, and as for a drifter well i have only ever layed eyes on 2 of them...would love to have one someday!!

In late 04, early 05, I was looking for a bike. One I called a "Practical Bar Hopper". I had already ruled out the "custom choppers", in part due to price (30k+!!) and in part due them being not something you could really ride daily (remember, I was looking for something "practical".

In March of 05 I found this bike at the Kaw dealer. It was a left over from the previous year. He dealer made me an offer I could not refuse.

The stock pipes, intake, and blinkers never made it out the dealer door. It was an attempt to streamline and make it into that "bar hopper".

Other than picking up a Mustang seat in 07, the bike stayed unchanged until last year.. when the "snowball" hit. (snowball, because once I started.. it just kind of snowballed into this..)

(and I still blame YOU bigsarg for starting it)

It was a huge learning process. The long timers in the V2K group have had a lot of laughs at my mistakes. For a good chuckle, read my thread on changing the oil for the first time.

Added a run-turn-brake controller. This allowed my rear blinkers to act as additional running/brake lights. This was actually a pain because I had tear apart my rear blinkers to change the color of the LEDs to red instead of amber.